Eight-Deer Ocelot-Claw, Mixtec Chieftain or Life of an Aztec King, East Los Angeles, 1978

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Eight-Deer Ocelot-Claw, Mixtec Chieftain or Life of an Aztec King, East Los Angeles, 1978. Edward R. Roybal Comprehensive Health Center, exterior, 245 South Fetterly Avenue (at 3rd Street). A series of 99 pictographs illustrating significant events in the life of Eight-Deer Ocelot-Claw, a Mixtec leader who was born in 1011 and ruled a region of southern Mexico that now includes Oaxaca. His exploits are described in seven books of symbolic picture-writing, known as the Codex Nutthall. The original Codex Nutthall is in the collection of the Huntington Library in San Marino. Only 16 of the several hundred traditional codices written by ancient Mesoamericans still survive. They were made of deerskin or bark paper and opened like folding screens. Glazed ceramic tile, 277' x approximately 3 1/2', by Daniel, Mann, Johnson & Mendenhall, architects and engineers. Anthony J. Lumsden, principal for design. -- Dunitz, Street gallery, p. 310 #40.

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Title Eight-Deer Ocelot-Claw, Mixtec Chieftain or Life of an Aztec King, East Los Angeles, 1978

Subject Eight-Deer Ocelot-Claw (personal name), Kings and rulers (lcsh), Legends (lcsh), Mixtec Indians (lcsh), Mural painting and decoration (lcsh), Street art (lcsh)

Tags OAI-PMH Harvest

Place 245 South Fetterly Avenue (roadways), California (states), East Los Angeles (populated places), Los Angeles (counties), USA (countries)

Geocoordinate 34.035288,-118.160555 (point)

Type images

Format 1 slide (extent), 2 x 2 in. (dimensions), color (color), color slides (aat), slides (photographs) (aat)

Source Robin Dunitz Slides of Los Angeles Murals, 1925-2002 (collection), University of Southern California (contributing entity)

Relation References Dunitz, Robin J. Street Gallery: a guide to 1000 Los Angeles Murals. Los Angeles, CA: RJD Enterprises, c1993 (book), Dunitz, Robin J. Street gallery: a guide to 1000 Los Angeles Murals. Rev. 2nd ed. Los Angeles, CA: RJD Enterprises, c1998 (book)

Date Created 1978

Creator Daniel, Mann (johnson & mendenhall), Dunitz, Robin J. (photographer), Lumsden, Anthony J. (artist)

Publisher University of Southern California. Libraries (digital)

Repository Email afa@usc.edu

Repository Name USC Helen Topping Architecture and Fine Arts Library

Repository Location Watt Hall 4d, USC, Los Angeles, California, 90089-0294, USA

Rights Dunitz, Robin J.

Access Conditions The images are accessible for fair use. However, muralists retain all rights to their work, and Robin Dunitz retains copyright for the images. Any requests for permission to reproduce the images must be directed to: Robin Dunitz, rjdunitz@comcast.net. The files represent Ms. Dunitz' personal collection of materials collected over the years of her involvement in documenting and preserving Los Angeles murals. They are available for consultation in the Helen Topping Architecture and Fine Arts Library, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, USA.

Permanent Link (DOI) https://doi.org/10.25549/dunitz-c15-1337

Identifier dunitz-1338.tif (filename), dunitz-1338 (identifying number), dunitz-c15-1337 (legacy record id)

IIIF ID [Document.IIIFV3ID]

DM Record ID 1337

Unique identifier UC1593438

Legacy Identifier dunitz-1338

Type Image

Internet Media Type image/tiff

Resolution 18.6 in × 12.4 in at 300dpi
47.2 cm × 31.5 cm at 300dpi

Inherited Values

Title Robin Dunitz Slides of Los Angeles Murals, 1925-2002

Description The collection consists of more than 2,000 digitized 35mm slides of murals in Los Angeles photographed by Robin Dunitz. The murals date from 1925 to the early 2000s and were photographed by Dunitz in the late 1980s and early-mid 1990s to early 2000s.

Relation References https://libguides.usc.edu/dunitz_murals (finding aid URL)

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